Running its course

With the stock market crashing and my brain constantly wandering to my diminishing retirement fund, I'm forcing my feet to wander more to the street (heh) - mostly a push to keep myself from calling Fidelity and selling all my stocks.

The good news is San Francisco offers a handful of great running groups to help keep motivation up.

• Dolphin South End Runners - the oldest running club in the citySaturdays at 8:15am at Kennedy Dr. in Golden Gate parkWednesdays at 7:15pm in WoodsideRaces nearly every weekend (including the famed Double Dipsea)


• Excelsior Run Club (New Balance) - offers training and race infoTuesdays at 6pm at KezarSaturdays and Sundays long runs in various locations


• Fleet Feet Sports - offers training programs and fun runsTuesdays at 6pm at the store on Chestnut


• Golden Gate Running Club (GGRC) - the group I run with and adore
  Sundays at the warming hut at Chriss Field at 10am for long runs
  Wednesdays at Kezar Stadium at 7pm for track workouts


• K-Stars - from what I hear, a more intense group - great runners
  Saturdays at 9am in Golden Gate Park
  Thursdays at 6:30pm at Kezar Stadium


• Marathon Matt - a genius in marketing himself, offers training programsCurrently doing training programs for YMCA's Run for Kids - soon to come, Girls on the Run!


• Nike Running club - great running club when it's NOT Nike Marathon training (the marathon training is too overwhelming the first few weeks)Saturdays at 8am at Little Marina GreenWednesdays at 6:30pm at Niketown


• Pac West - offers great training programs and bootcamps


• Pamakid Runners - a spinoff of Dolphon Running Club. I'll be honest on this one, I found them on Google (never heard of them).GREAT running tools available on their siteThursdays at 6:30pm at Kezar Stadium


• Presidio RX - a casual run club
  Mondays at 6:30pm at the Palace of Fine Arts (always a 5mile loop)
  Wednesdays at 6:30pm at Presidio Gate (4-6miles)


• San Francisco Road Runner's Club - great for training for specific races
  Training is broken down by race runners are targeting


• See Jane Run - training programs for running and tris
  Next training program for running starts in February 2009

Soon to come (drumroll please ...) Lululemon Monday night running group!

I'm sure there are many more out there and many more to come. It's one running city - yet another reason to love the good old SF of BA.